Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Character Profiles

Elizabeth
Age: 20
Occupation: Unemployed
Role: Elizabeth finds the letter from her mother and reads it to find out she has to find Katherine, her long lost sister. On her way she finds out her sister is in a mental institution. By the end, she and Lily find out their sister killed their mother when she was seeking revenge
Character attributes: She is the oldest of the two sisters. Elizabeth was very unaware she had a long lost sister as her mother never spoke of her or what happened. The more confident of the two and is eager to find her sister. She has blonde hair and blue eyes.


Lily
Age: 19
Occupation: Unemployed
Role: Lily follows her sister to find the letter where she finds out about her sister from a while ago, she had never heard of her and  was asked to find Katherine through a letter by her deceased mother. With her sister she goes and finds her long lost sister sectioned in a mental institution, both confused and eager to find out the truth by the end. They have a shock.
Character attributes: Lily is the younger if the two sisters, she is more weary of the situation in hand because she isn't welcoming to change however she still pursuits in finding her sister to make her other sister happy. She can be easily persuaded with blonde hair and blue eyes.


Katherine 
Age: 24
Occupation: Unemployed currently sectioned in a mental institution
Role: Katherine is the long lost sister who the two sisters are trying to find.  The mother, who is now deceased, put her up for adoption at the young age of 4, almost 5. Seeking revenge from when she left her to some strangers, it turns out she had killed her mother therefore she is mentally unstable and is currently sectioned in a mental institution.
Character attributes: Dark hair, pale, dark eyes, mentally unstable. She is very pale as she doesn't go out much into the real world as she is cooped up in the mental institute. We emphasised that she has dark eyes to stress the fact she looks constantly sleep deprived as if she is up all night not sleeping and is stressed as much as possible. Katherine is mentally unstable and you can see this through her previous actions in the film as well as when she is visited by her two sisters, she doesn't speak and when she does she repeats the word "dead" to them. Katherine is not used to company and is used to being on herself. 


The Nurse:
Age: Unknown
Occupation: Nurse, looks after Katherine in the mental institute 
Role: Wears a white hospital gown to show the difference in job roles in the hospital, looks after Katherine daily and observes her during her meet with her two sisters and by the end reveals to the sisters that is was Katherine who was in the car crash with their mother and nobody else was involved
Character Attributes: wears a white coat to show the difference in job roles in the hospital, speaks professionally towards Katherine and her sisters

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